BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 298035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTRE OR B I S C

Welcome of international students on arrival in the country including providing assistance with finding accommodation. Organising sightseeing trips. The running of "Local Link" scheme to introduce international students to local Christian families. Invite international students to discussion groups and other events to investigate the Christian faith.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS. TO RELEIVE POVERTY, NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: U K AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £21,213 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £111,702 and expenditure of £90,389. Free reserves increased to £29,201, which remains below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure (£42,500). The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainty regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanne Appletonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW STREET · trustee of 11 other charities
• Christine Rogers
• Dickson Asamoan-Owusu
• Esther Champion-Howard
• John Michael Wall · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE.

• INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE income £7.5m
• UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL STUDENTS' UNION income £7.7m
• INTERNATIONAL AID TRUST income £1.2m
• BRISTOL CCRC TRUST income £653k
• HELP BRISTOL'S HOMELESS CHARITY income £551k
• TRINITY COLLEGE BRISTOL LIMITED income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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